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Be. it flown "that I, Josnrn Kovics, a citizen of the United vStates, residin at Fords, in the county of Middlesex and btate 6 of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aelial Bombs, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings. I

This-invention relates to projectiles and Earticul'arly to bombs desigifed to bedro ped y aviators or thrown by hand as and grenades.

The general object of this invention is the provision of a very simple bomb which is formed in sections so that it may. beeasily loaded or the load removed and further to rovide an implrov d form of detonator or use'whereby t e so constructed that'the detonating 'c'up may readily putlflin place'or removed and is lace against accidental of the following description.

l My invention is illustrated in the accom pan g drawings, wherein,

1 is atop plan view of a bomb 80 accordance withmy invention; 'j'

Fig]? is aside elevation of the same, the wall of the bomb being brokenaway and being partly shown in section;

. 85 Fig. 8 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and v i 4 is an elevation of the firin pm.

Refierring to these figures it will seen thatflm improved pro ectile comprises two wsemisp erical sections-designated respectively 10 and 11.. At their ends these sectionn arere'duced in thickness and coactingly lcr'ew threaded as at 12 for detachable enwith each other. It will be seen t the section 10 is somewhat less than a nelflisphere and the section 11 .somewhat than a semis here. Formed inthe :Walls of the projecti e are the passages 13 ind upon the walls are the outwardly pro- 59 .jectin'g interiorlyscrew-thneaded sockets 14,

the interior diameter of each of these sockets ter than the diahmeter of thle clpr assege 13. e passage 8 as i" iametli squal'to that of the 'detonating 15, while the head of this cap bears the or shoulder 16 formed at v Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fled August a. me. Serial No. 113,911.

e bomb may be exploded. 20 A further object is to provide a detonator the junction of the pas. ge 13 with the in terior of the socket is. Havin screwthreaded engagement with the soc et 11 is the supporting plug 17 which is tubular in form and cxteriorly screw-threaded and )rovided with a relatively enlarged head 18. Ihis plug is adapted to engage the screw threads of the socket 14-. The bore of the screw-tln-eiuled' body of the plug is larger .than the bore of the head 18 and passin through the bore of the head 18 is the sham 19 of a tiring'pin, this firing pin having a head 20 and at its inner end a head 21 which ,is pointed so as to pierce or dent the cap 15.

This hoarl 21 is formed with the lateral wings 22 which engage with grooves 23 formed in the wall of the socket. The firing pin may be held projected by means of a spring surrounding the shank 19 if desired, or no spring needbe used. InFig. 1, I have illustrated a spring 24 holding the firing pin retracted from the detonating cup.

The section 11 is also provided around its circumference and adjacent the open end of the section with a plurality of sockets 14, each'bf these sockets having engaged therewith a firing plug 17 within which operates the firing pin 19 as previously described.

The dctonating caps extend into the body of the projectile or bomb.

in accordance with'my invention if thrown or dropped will be practically certain to land upon one at least of the several firing pins which will cause the explosion of the cap and the consequent explosion of the charge and the bursting of the bomb. The particular advantage incident to the construction of the detonating plug and pin is that by this construction it'is an easy matter to insert or' remove the detonating caps 15. In alldevices-heretofore provided for this pur se, as far as I know, it has been difficu t to insert the detonating caps or primers in place. With my device it is only necessary to unscrew the plug 17 and then insert the ca 14 until it is seated against the shoulder 16. The plug is then. replaced and the end of the shank of the plug bears against the detonating cap as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and holds the (let-(muting cap locked in position so that it cannot shift, even when the firing pin is retracted. While I have illustrated this particular construction of firing plug and pin as applied to a particular form of Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

15 in the relatively shallow socket bomb, I wish it understood that it might be ap )lied to other forms of projectiles.

aving described my invention, what I claim is:

An explosive bomb of the character described including an ovoidal hollow body formed with two coacting sections having screw-threaded engagement with each other, the body being formed with a plurality of o Jenings extending at spaced distances in a plane intersecting the middle of the body and disposed also at the ends of the body, each of said openings being formed With a projecting \vall interiorly serew-threaded and constituting a socket larger in diameter than the diameter of the mil-responding passu e, a firing plu for each socket having a re atively large iced and having screwthreaded engagement with said socket and adapted lo hear at its inner end against the head of the detonator and hold it in place, and a firing pin slidably mounted in the head of the plug and having an enlarged head at its outer end and an enlarged head at its inner end.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KOVACS.

\Vitnesses FRED .l'. LA FARR, WILLIAM Il BoNuAM. 

